The Works of President Edwards ..., Volume 5

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Page 222 Which would be absurd , because that would be to suppose a thing , that is
innocent and not evil , is truly evil and faulty , because another thing is evil . It
implies a contradiction ; for it would be to suppose the very thing , which is
morally evil ...

Page 298 For any being to have a Will of choice respecting good , and at the same iime a
Will of rejection and refusal respecting evil , is to be very consistent ; but the
contrary , viz . to have the same Will towards these contrary objects , and to
choose ...

Page 299 And , if so , then such a choice is not an evil , but a wise and holy choice . And if
so , then that Providence which is agrecable to such a choice , is a wise and holy
Providence . Men do will sin as sin , and so are the authors and actors of it : They
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Page 301 In order to a thing ' s being morally evil , there must be one of these things
belonging to it : Either it must be a thing unfit and unsuitable in its own nature ; or
it must have a bad tendency ; or it must proceed from an evil disposition , and be
done ...

Page 363 As man commits it , it is contrary to God ' s will ; for men act in committing it with a
view to that which is evil . But as God permits it , it is not contrary to God ' s will ;
for God in permitting it has respect to the great good that he will make it an ...